title: Splenic concentration of bone imaging agents in functional asplenia.
abstract: Three cases of sickle cell disease associated with functional asplenia are described. The spleen was not visualized on routine Tc-99m-sulfur colloid scan. The bone scan performed with Tc-99m-phosphate compounds revealed abnormal splenic activity in all three cases. The previous case reports and the literature on this subject are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012968:Etidronic Acid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C019561:technetium Tc 99m etidronate; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D012968:Etidronic Acid